‘Best opportunities for Obi rest away from Arsenal’ – Cox
Nick Cox, the head of Manchester United’s academy, has talked about how the team managed to stave off fierce domestic and international competition to sign Chido Obi from Arsenal last summer.
Some of the best teams in Europe expressed interest in Obi, but he decided to depart despite Arsenal’s persistent attempts to keep him.
But in the competition to get the sensational goal scorer, United emerged as chosen suitors.
Cox sat down with Manchester Evening News and detailed how the swoop for Obi unfolded.
“Occasionally you get moments like this. Arsenal are a wonderful club. They deliver a great program and develop great players. For one reason or another, and it’s for Chido and his family to know why, they felt the best opportunities for him may rest away from Arsenal.”
“Because he holds a Danish passport, the whole of Europe was open to Chido. We quite simply became aware of the fact that Chido was about to make a move to Europe.
“He’d been to visit a club and identified the club where he was going to potentially end up. We thought if this player is available and is looking to leave, then we should make every effort we possibly can to sign him.”
“We had an opportunity to meet with Chido’s family and the important people to him. We had a number of conversations that allowed us the opportunity to be the club that he chose to join.”
“He’s in a good place at the moment. There have been opportunities to train with the first team and a few opportunities from off the bench. But let’s be honest, there’s been some injuries and some disruption to the squad.
“The art is to just keep regularly reviewing where a player is at. You saw Kobbie [Mainoo] bounce between teams before he finally got in and Alejandro was a little bit the same, so there’s always twists and turns.”
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